NFL Combine 2014: Day 5 Results, 40 Times and Recap

The South Carolina star and possible top overall pick of the 2014 NFL draft took to the field Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium looking to prove his worth. As expected, he blazed an extremely impressive 40-yard dash, though he decided against participating in the on-field drills.

Of course, Clowney wasn't the only player on display Monday, so let's take a look back at all the results and the major storylines as the defensive linemen and linebackers were in action.

Defensive Linemen Results

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Defensive Linemen

Player

School

Height

Weight

40-Yd Dash

10-Yd Split

Bench

Vert

Arm

Jay Bromley

Syracuse

6'3"

306

5.06

1.72

26

33.5

33 1/2

Ryan Carrethers

Arkansas State

6'1"

337

5.47

1.78

32

26

31 3/4

William Clarke

West Virginia

6'6"

271

4.77

1.63

22

32

34 5/8

Jadeveon Clowney

South Carolina

6'5"

266

4.53

1.56

21

37.5

34 1/2

Deandre Coleman

California

6'5"

314

DNP

DNP

24

DNP

34 3/8

Scott Crichton

Oregon State

6'3"

273

4.84

1.62

24

31.5

32 3/4

Aaron Donald

Pittsburgh

6'1"

285

4.68

1.59

35

32

32 5/8

Kony Ealy

Missouri

6'4"

273

4.92

1.66

22

31

34 1/4

Dominique Easley

Florida

6'2"

288

DNP

DNP

26

DNP

32 7/8

Kasim Edebali

Boston College

6'2"

253

4.79

1.64

19

34.5

32 3/4

Justin Ellis

Louisiana Tech

6'1"

334

5.27

1.88

25

28

33

I.K. Enemkpall

Louisiana Tech

6'1"

261

5.01

1.75

28

34

33 1/8

Ego Ferguson

Louisiana State

6'3"

315

DNP

DNP

24

DNP

32 1/2

Dee Ford

Auburn

6'2"

252

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

32 7/8

James Gayle

Virginia Tech

6'4"

259

4.7

1.6

26

37

32 3/8

Ra'shede Hageman

Minnesota

6'6"

310

5.02

1.75

32

35.5

34 1/4

Taylor Hart

Oregon

6'6"

281

DNP

DNp

21

DNP

32 3/4

Kerry Hyder

Texas Tech

6'2"

290

5.1

1.75

20

29.5

33 1/2

Jackson Jeffcoat

Texas

6'3"

247

4.63

1.6

18

36

33 7/8

Timmy Jernigan

Florida State

6'2"

299

5.06

1.72

27

29.5

31 5/8

Anthony Johnson

Louisiana State

6'2"

308

5.24

1.78

20

24.5

33

Daquan Jones

Penn State

6'4"

322

5.35

1.81

21

27.5

33 1/2

Howard Jones

Shepherd

6'2"

235

4.6

1.58

25

40.5

34 1/8

Zach Kerr

Delaware

6'1"

326

5.08

1.72

28

28.5

32 7/8

Demarcus Lawrence

Boise State

6'3"

251

4.8

1.62

20

34.5

33 3/4

Aaron Lynch

South Florida

6'5"

249

DNP

DNP

18

DNP

34

Eathyn Manumaleuna

BYU

6'2"

296

5.16

1.68

29

28

32 1/4

Cassius Marsh

UCLA

6'4"

252

4.89

1.66

14

32

32 3/4

Kareem Martin

North Carolina

6'6"

272

4.72

1.53

22

35.5

35

Josh Mauro

Stanford

6'6"

271

5.21

1.75

21

32

33

Dan McCullers

Tennessee

7-Jun

352

DNP

DNP

27

20.5

36 5/8

Tevin Mims

South Florida

6'4"

260

4.95

1.69

17

27.5

33 1/2

Zach Moore

Concordia

6'5"

269

4.84

1.56

23

33.5

33 3/4

Jonathan Newsome

Ball State

6'3"

247

4.73

1.62

21

34

33 1/4

Louis Nix

Notre Dame

6'2"

331

5.42

1.85

DNP

25.5

33

Jeoffrey Pagan

Alabama

6'3"

310

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

33

Tenny Palepoi

Utah

6'1"

298

5.1

1.72

31

30.5

30 1/2

Mike Pennel

Colorado State - Pueblo

6'4"

332

5.23

1.75

23

28.5

33 3/8

Kelcy Quarles

South Carolina

6'4"

297

5.03

1.81

27

23.5

33 1/4

Kaleb Ramsey

Boston College

6'3"

293

DNP

DNP

36

DNP

32 7/8

Caraun Reid

Princeton

6'2"

302

4.91

1.69

20

26.5

33

Michael Sam

Missouri

6'2"

261

4.91

1.72

17

25.5

33 3/8

Chris Smith

Arkansas

6'1"

266

4.71

1.59

28

37

34 1/8

Marcus Smith

Louisville

6'3"

251

4.68

1.57

23

35

34

Shamar Stephen

Connecticut

6'5"

309

5.25

1.81

25

30.5

33 1/8

Ed Stinson

Alabama

6'3"

287

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

33 3/4

Will Sutton

Arizona State

6'0"

303

5.36

1.75

24

28.5

31 1/4

Robert Thomas

Arkansas

6'1"

327

DNP

DNP

32

DNP

33 7/8

Khyri Thornton

Southern Mississippi

6'3"

304

5.03

1.72

28

29

32 1/2

Stephon Tuitt

Notre Dame

6'5"

304

DNP

DNP

31

DNP

34 3/4

George Uko

Southern California

6'3"

284

4.99

1.75

18

29.5

33 1/4

Brent Urban

Virginia

7-Jun

295

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

34 1/4

Larry Webster

Bloomsburg

6'6"

252

4.58

1.57

17

36.5

33 1/2

Ethan Westbrooks

West Texas A&M

6'3"

267

4.9

1.75

19

29

33 1/4

Chris Whaley

Texas

6'3"

269

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

32 1/8

Kerry Wynn

Richmond

6'5"

266

4.97

1.6

31

34

31 3/4

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Linebacker Results

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Linebackers

Player

School

Height

Weight

40-Yd Dash

10-Yd Split

Bench

Vert

Arm

Jerry Attaochu

Georgia Tech

6'3"

252

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

33

Anthony Barr

UCLA

6'5"

255

4.66

1.56

15

34.5

33 1/2

Lamin Barrow

Louisiana State

6'1"

237

4.64

1.59

22

35

33 3/8

Chris Borland

Wisconsin

5'11"

248

4.83

1.62

27

31

29 1/4

Carl Bradford

Arizona State

6'1"

250

4.76

1.66

23

37.5

30 1/4

Jonathan Brown

Illinois

6'0"

238

5.03

1.79

16

31

33

Preston Brown

Louisville

6'1"

251

4.86

1.64

23

33

33 1/2

Max Bullough

Michigan State

6'3"

249

4.78

1.62

30

31

31

Khairi Fortt

California

6'2"

248

4.7

1.59

30

36

33 5/8

Jeremiah George

Iowa State

5'11"

234

4.91

1.66

28

33

31 7/8

Anthony Hitchens

Iowa

6'0"

240

4.74

1.57

23

31.5

32 1/2

Adrian Hubbard

Alabama

6'6"

257

4.69

1.62

DNP

38.5

34 1/2

Andrew Jackson

Western Kentucky

6'1"

254

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

32 1/2

Christian Jones

Florida State

6'3"

240

4.74

1.6

DNP

33.5

33 1/2

Devon Kennard

Southern California

6'3"

249

4.7

1.6

23

30

33 3/8

Chris Kirksey

Iowa

6'2"

233

DNP

DNP

16

32

32 3/8

Boseko Lokombo

Oregon

6'2"

225

4.66

1.62

DNP

DNP

33 3/8

Khalil Mack

Buffalo

6'3"

251

4.65

1.56

23

40

33 1/4

James Morris

Iowa

6'1"

241

4.8

1.62

18

34.5

30 3/4

C.J. Mosley

Alabama

6'2"

234

DNP

DNP

DNP

35

33 3/8

Trent Murphy

Stanford

6'5"

250

4.86

1.63

19

35.5

33 7/8

Kevin Pierre-Louis

Boston College

6'0"

232

4.51

1.53

28

39

32 1/4

Ronald Powell

Florida

6'3"

237

4.65

1.56

21

35.5

32 1/2

Trevor Reilly

Utah

6'5"

245

DNP

DNP

26

DNP

32 1/4

Ryan Shazier

Ohio State

6'1"

237

DNP

DNP

25

42

32 3/8

Prince Shembo

Notre Dame

6'1"

253

4.71

1.59

26

38.5

33 1/8

Shayne Skov

Stanford

6'2"

245

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

30 5/8

Yawin Smallwood

Connecticut

6'2"

246

5.01*

1.6

18

36.5

31 3/4

Telvin Smith

Florida State

6'3"

218

4.52

1.53

DNP

31.5

32 1/2

Tyler Starr

South Dakota

6'4"

250

4.95

1.65

24

32

32 1/2

Jordan Tripp

Montana

6'3"

234

4.67

1.58

22

37.5

30 3/4

Uani' Unga

BYU

6'1"

231

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

31 3/8

Kyle Van Noy

BYU

6'3"

243

4.71

1.6

21

32.5

31 5/8

Avery Williamson

Kentucky

6'1"

246

4.66

1.59

25

30.5

32 3/4

Jordan Zumwalt

UCLA

6'4"

235

4.76

1.59

DNP

33

31 1/4

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Recap

Did you hear about how that Jadeveon Clowney guy ran pretty fast? Because he ran really, really fast for a defensive end.

Pro Football Talk shared some details from Clowney's performance:

Here's some additional perspective, from NFL on ESPN:

For much of Monday, the talk surrounded Clowney. His 21 bench-press reps came into question from some, while others viewed that tally through a different lens. Here's Clowney repping out, via the NFL's official Twitter account:

Some found Clowney's bench to be a little underwhelming, but Bruce Feldman of CBS...

...and Lost Letterman, among others, put his reps into the proper perspective.

Of course, Clowney wasn't just in the news for his performances in the drills. Dee Ford of Auburn decided to put Clowney on blast, which as you might imagine was the topic of conversation for much of the day.

I'm better (than Clowney). Let's put it like this. People like to talk about size all the time. Size is pretty much overrated in my eyes. You can look at guys like Robert Mathis, Elvis Dumervil, Von Miller. These are 6-2 guys and under. People are just looking at the fact that he's a physical specimen. Honestly if you watch the film, he plays like a blind dog in a meat market, basically.

Ford stood by his comments on Monday, to his credit. You may have thought "blind dog in a meat market" came from a Pearl Jam song or something—seriously, doesn't that phrase sound like it was made to be snarled by Eddie Vedder?—but Ford said it came from Notre Dame assistant coach Brian VanGorder, via Goodbread:

He told me that I had all the first-round ability in the world, but he said I rely on my athleticism, you know, rather than really (bringing) the technical aspects, the fundamental part of the game, watching film, to really become a great pass rusher. So therefore I'm a blind dog in a meat market. So that's one thing he used. When I see Jadeveon, that's what I see. He's 6-foot-6, 270 [pounds], 4.4 guy. He just plays. He can make plays like that, but at the end of the day, does that make you a great pass rusher or a better pass rusher than me? No.

And then, in an awkward moment, the two met on the field, via the NFL on Twitter:

Clowney took a small dig in his rebuttal to Ford, but generally seemed pretty uninterested in the ordeal.

And you are probably uninterested in all of this by now as well, so let's move on.

All eyes were also on Michael Sam at the combine, though he didn't particularly impress in the drills, running a 4.91 40-yard dash and putting up 17 reps on the bench press. He once again didn't look particularly fluid in the on-field drills standing up, and for the moment looks like a situational pass-rusher and special teams contributor.

But the day's big winner was Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who impressed at every turn and may end up being the combine MVP. His 40-yard dash impressed, as Ross Tucker of NBC Sports Network tweeted:

His three-cone performance was extremely impressive, as Josh Norris of Rotoworld noted:

And none of it should come as a surprise, because he's impressed at every turn, per Matt Miller of Bleacher Report:

Oh, and he also benched 225 pounds 35 times. Yep, he won the combine.

The other big stars looking to improve their stock on Monday were edge-rushers Khalil Mack from Buffalo and Anthony Barr out of UCLA, both gunning to be top-10 picks. Mack generally tested better than Barr, however, and Sigmund Bloom of Football Guys thinks he solidified his stock as a top-10 outside linebacker and will be the first off the board at the position:

Of course, many NFL folks still think Barr has more upside—he's a converted running back, remember—but Mack probably made himself a bit of money at the combine.

What's Next?

The combine concludes with the defensive backs, as players like Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Calvin Pryor, Justin Gilbert and Darqueze Dennard, among others, look to prove their worth as first-round talents. While the combine isn't always a true indicator of a prospect's future success in the NFL, all eyes will be on these defensive backs to see who is big enough, physical enough and strong enough to match up with the league's best wideouts.

Along with the running backs and wide receivers, the 40-yard dash is always a lot of fun to watch when the defensive backs hit the track, so Tuesday should be a fun conclusion to this annual event. Gilbert and Dennard could solidify their spots as the potential top corner of the class with a strong showing. The player with that distinction could sneak into the top 10.